Striving for professional growth and eager to expand horizons, three University of Louisiana Monroe music students travel to Italy this weekend to participate in a prestigious study abroad program held during July in Mondavio, a small town on the east coast of Italy.

Black Bayou Brass, the resident faculty brass ensemble in the School of Visual and Performing Arts, performed at the 2017 International Women's Brass Conference, June 7-10 on the campus of Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J.